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<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Proposed changes to the way coal royalties are calculated are proving controversial, with coal companies coming out strongly against them and taxpayer advocacy groups saying they don't go far enough.</span></p>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:06:05 +0000Stephanie Joyce69191 at http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgProposed Coal Royalty Changes Provoke ControversyProposed Rule To Make Tribal Oil Pricing Fairerhttp://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/proposed-rule-make-tribal-oil-pricing-fairer
<p>The federal government is trying to create a better system for pricing oil and gas on Indian reservations. The Office of Natural Resource Revenue&nbsp;brought together government, tribes and the energy industry to write the new rule.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Claire Ware is the Director of the Shoshone-Arapahoe Tribes Minerals Compliance Program and sat on the committee.&nbsp; She says the old rules put tribes at a disadvantage. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:20:46 +0000Melodie Edwards60318 at http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgProposed Rule To Make Tribal Oil Pricing FairerFeds to pay Wyoming more than $40M in back royaltieshttp://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/feds-pay-wyoming-more-40m-back-royalties
<p></p><p>The federal government will pay back mineral royalties that it withheld from states under the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration.</p><p>When sequestration went into effect earlier this year, the Department of the Interior started withholding 5 percent of states' share of the royalties, which are paid on resources like coal and oil extracted from federal lands. For Wyoming, that's amounted to more than $40 million.</p><p>On Monday, DOI announced that after a legal review, it's giving the money back.</p>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:47:25 +0000Stephanie Joyce46001 at http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgFeds to pay Wyoming more than $40M in back royaltiesMineral royalty payout up $23 million in Wyoming from 2011http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/mineral-royalty-payout-23-million-wyoming-2011
<div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><br><p>The Office of Natural Resources Revenue – or ONRR – saw a $1 billion increase in revenue from energy production on public lands. Wyoming’s share was more than $995 million – up from last year by more than $23 million.</p><p>With a growing quantity of coal being exported abroad, there’s some concern that companies are paying royalties using low, domestic rates for exports instead of the higher price sales abroad fetch to calculate their due share. ONRR spokesman Patrick Etchart says the agency audits companies, though not every year.</p>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:47:39 +0000Irina Zhorov34192 at http://wyomingpublicmedia.orgMineral royalty payout up $23 million in Wyoming from 2011